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benefits in contributing for a Buddha image. We now understand why our ancestors focused on this moral contribution. My own grandmother understood the benefits of contributing a Buddha image, as she donated more than twenty such images and dedicated them to everyone in her family and deceased loved ones, inviting her kin to do the same thing. I know that this great merit she achieved in her old age will ensure she has worthy future. When she passes away, she can depend on the merit she earned, without expecting others to dedicate merits to her after she dies. I would like to invite anyone who has not yet contributed a Buddha image to do it for your own sake. It will be better if you can contribute one for yourself today rather than later. In today’s society, many people have strayed from performing virtuous deeds. As a result, their children will not realize the main purpose in doing good deeds as well. Contributing a Buddha image is one of the noblest deeds that benefits contributors as well as society. If they miss this great opportunity, they may pass up the benefits they can depend on in the afterlife. We should contribute a Buddha image for our own sake. When we near the end of our lives, we will depart in a peaceful manner because we are sure that this great merit will embrace us in the next world.